Car construction.



H. H. ADAMS. GAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLIUATION FILED JAN.12,191o.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

` E; woe nto-z @wwethe transverse V of the end ful s of the cnr.. li thisgnnuuer the plzniesm which the individual .outdoors 'sliding -doors tomoet in UNITED STATES PATENT oFFroE.

HARRY H.' ADAMS, OF NEW `YORKy N. Y.

CAB CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may' concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H, ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the borough o f-Manhettan, city,county,"

and State of'N ew York, herve invented certain new and useful'Iniprovements in- Cer Construction, of which the following is a specification.

n e. patent issued to meJanuary 4th, 1910, No. 945,666, I have covered an improved ear construction for obtaining the maximum width' of? doorways through -the end Walls ofthe cerl byA arranging-,the door receiving pockets orrec'esses-in theend wellsof greater width by formingthe corner posts of pairs of seperated studs. between which the door receiving` pockets or.- recesses eX- tend, thereby 'a voiding tlfe limitations-in the Width ofthe. said p oclrets (ir-recesses. by the presence of corner posts as: ordinarily constructed. 'With this urrungenient, I om able to constructie 'cui' with un uvnlnble, door- Way of approximately onehalflthef free exterior width of the-ring, for the reason that 'the centrally separating slidingdoors closlngthe doorwnyjure pcrnntted'to move into their pockets orreressos totheiimer feces of the outside skin or sheathing `ofthe our, und thereby open up p raiclicullythe entire width .of the doorwoy.-

The o beet of my present in-rigntion isto. accomplish the sume idvzintiiges-of the c onstruction set f orth in my :there named patent, means ofv-u' dili'erent construction.

In constructing@ curinv u ccordi'lnce with my present invention, with .the stwted object in View, I arrange thedoor roe g pockets or recesses upon opposite si' tlliefdoorf ways through the end w: as to permit ,the centra,

to the transverse p aneofte ear.. body. These door receiving pocketsor,recessesextendfrom the inner. tures of the QlLtSi-dc skin or slim-thing ol (he cur to v thfce-ljltlalil longitudinal phi-ne of the ciu-Lw ut-ungles which plac them: just in rear-of' posts upon .which the side-wu walls of the. cur are huilt', und

tudilnll .plane of thecur up u tly in planes dei'ninr f sperrigen@ of Letters Patent. I Application led Jl'anuary 12, 1910. Serial No". 537,757.

. trunsverse topplgiruees up .ver be. ,umu

o uteufgreus l Patented Y124er. 12, 1910,

slide will incline from the side Walls of the car toward the ends of the ear so that each y. door receiving pocket will escape the limitation'of a corner postand-extend to the inner face of the outside skin or sheathing of the car to permit each door to'open outwardly to ev suiieient extent to rovide a doorway when the doors are opene of practically one half the exterior Width'of the car.

In carrying my invention into. practice, the,en d vs falls may be inclined from the side iva- 1.1.5.l slightly toward the ends of the car platform, or they may be placed in lanes exactly perpendicular to the side wal s, but in either cese. there is no material encroachment upon the interior capacity of the car, since the space required for the door receivingi pockets and the inner panels of the end wall behind the corner posts is almost entirely compensated for'by the increased spgice 1n the caraisle by reason'of the outward inclination' of the doors toward the central longitudinal plane of the car.

In orderthutn1 invention muy be fully understood, I wil first' deseribe'the sume with reference. tothe accompanying'druwings, andafterward point out the novelty more pzii'ticulhrly in the unnexed claims-` ln s :l-iddrmnh-i'g`rs: Figure-l isa diagrammutie sectionalv p lnn View oifwlne-end of n street ruilwziy cur embodying my invention. visle detail vertical transverse sectional 'x ien' of thie'same.

-1 rep rese nts the our door, 2 the p'aneled sidev we 1 th e if, o uteri'pnnels of the erpurels of theend n :1re-. built upon the 1.: i und-'nini'n corzrl: infoline-r, the main lSQf-Su 'porting the ou form dit off ritssengers into undout of'l he car. 1- t ing; u s possible to fuvlituftellh' movements wil 'he understood 'tluit a dootm ghtly from u soA y 15 and thesliding doors hereinafter referred to are provided at,both ends of thacar, although y onlyl one enduof=thenar .is shown in'niy5 accompanying drawings. At opposite sides" of each of? the central doorways 15.a1`3e formed'door receiving pockets. or recesses' 20,Which pockets -or recesses are spacedv tween the outer end wallqpanels 3 and the.

inner endv wall panels 4; hese door receiv ing pockets 20 extend -from .the inner Vfaces of ythe outside .skin ors'heathing of the side walls of the-car at an angle inclining toward the' l"ends'from the ,transverse 1plane of the car; andm'ounted above and be 4v15 lWaysl'l are suitable .track bars lor guide rails .25 and 26 which'form continuations of the4 door "receiving pockets and extend in the same angular planes to the, central longitudinal plane .of the car body'.` lBy 'this ar- 2o rangement, it -will be observed*that the door j ustwit' in or in'rear of the inner faces of "the corner vI jnistsfl;4 so 'that the corner posts.-

V do Vnot limit the extent of the .door receiving 25 `pockets or recesses. l

of the oar.v When the'd'oors' are moved into s receivin pockets at their oute'r ends lie tothe sidethereof into the door receiving' the car when in` closed position'fat a slight'. outward angle or inclination .toward the` end.

opened position, they"palss' almost fentrelyinto the door receiving "pocketsfjorg recesses' 20 as: indicated -by' dotted" lines -in'fFigtl .-1.5 and since-said pockets oriiecesses-.QO a'ssin rearjof the corner posts.10andareiniitedv only by the side sheathngiof 'the-car, the 'open position of thevdoors 4p erx'nits a 'assagel way' through the doorway .15 whit: 'ilsjap'V proximately onehalf the exterior width othe car. .In this `manner'v the door receiving pockets .or reeessesarernade othegreatest fpossible width `so as to receive they-'greatest .possible width of doors and parmi .the use of adoorway 'equal to.'y

half the exterior rwidth` o V What `I clairnlis':

th cars i agiproxiinately fone y one 'half. of. the 'exterior widthV of the: car;

' sides of saiddoorway -extendin I. l thee-can:andadaptedfwhen open, to affordmimosl a'free passageway of substantially the entire width .ofthe doorways, v 2;"In avcar;ednstructionf, the combination of afcar. bodfy comprising side walls, end Wa 's',and vertical: corner 'posts supporting 7o Said Walls, theend-walls being formed with f-celtrally arranged* doorways of approximatel one half of the exterior widthv of the car', oorvreceivingv pockets upon opposite sides offeach of said doorways extendin y75 from the inner. faces of the side Walls toward the'central vertical longitudinal laneof the .car and inclining toward the en s of the car from-the transverse vertical planes of the-car at the terminations ,of said pockets by vsaid' 8o lside walls,V andrigid sliding doors mount'l edpin said pockets and adapted to nieetin `the ,central vertical'long'tudinal plane of the car'and, when opened into-said pockets', to ali'ord afree passageway of substantially' 85 the entire width of the doorway. i i 3.In a car construction, the combination i ofja' car body, comprising theside walls, the end walls, .and thei vertical corner posts upon which said 'walls are built, said' end- 90 walls being formed withcentrally arranged 1 doorways of approximately one half of the, 'exterionwidth of. tlie `car, door receiving pockets upon g/ pposite sides of the doorA ways exten side walls alongside the inner, transverse faces of saidv corner oststowar'dfthe central vertical longitudina plane' of the car, .and inclining fron'ifthe, side-:walls towardv the -enlsof the cagan-da air of centrally sep# "1040 arating, rigidsl'idin .,.joorsfclosing each -of said doorwaysandaglapted to o en into 'said 'door receiving-'vpoeketsfto ador la freejfpas-l sageway.. of fsubstan ly4 the entire width ofthedoor.Way; ,v 1 'a' car construction, the coInbiikia-tion` of a Soar; body, a centrally ari-'tinged' doorway'n cacho itsl-end wallsof ap roximatelj-one'halfaf the exterior width the car,l vertical; corner-posts arranged-within 110 'saidend-{wallndoor receiving 'ocketsi' oppositesids of ea'clif of said o'or'waysl extending-frommefinnofas of *the ses. -w.alls'of, theear alongside the inner transofi the end 'walls of the car,`and centrall doorway fand adapted to openinto `said 'pockets'..and -afford. a free passagewa of. Substantially the entire width ofr'said-` oor.-V

abo-ay .having Siae. sans @agency-Ff" walls uiltnponcornenpostsaid end walls from the Siae wansoutwafdl ftowardftheliends or' thecar, and formed wit from the innerifac'es of the 95 vverser.faces 'ofsaid corner posts to the doorR .115

verse lfinies: of" said corner 'pons t'f'polnts g 1 t "approximatelywithin the transverse. planes 1. InalV car construct1on,tle combination of a car' body` having ya centrally arranged.'

separatingy p rigid sliding doors. closing'said 120 .car4 construction, thecombination :i125

. side wa'ls alongside ythe l' aratvngflfgd Sliding mately one 'half of theiexterior'wdth .of the car, door receiving Vpockets -u'pon opposite sides ogfthe doorways extendmg from'the inner transverse faces of slid corner posts at inlnssltinls'to-4 pbc'kts adfadapted, when open, to afford a mssa ewa, V of substantially the entire'w' th o "sai doorways. ADAMS.' 

